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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7712700 | Clean-release tape core A core for a roll of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprises a paperboard material wound about an axis and adhered together to form a tubular body, and a polymer film layer wrapped about and adhered to the outer surface of the tubular body so as to form a tape-re... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7243475 | Bagger or bag dispenser with reversible take-up reel and method An improved bagger or bag dispenser for supplying bags attached to strips in a bag assembly to a workstation includes a reversible drive that pulls the bag assembly from a supply to the work station and returns unused bags to the supply when changing bag assemblies.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232088 | Reel and recording tape cartridge A reel comprises a hub onto which recording tape is wound and a flange that is disposed on an end portion of the hub and retains a width-direction end portion of the recording tape, wherein plural cutout portions that locally divide the hub and the flange are formed... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226042 | Winch and winch drum Disclosed is a winch drum for rotation about a rotation axis. The winch drum has a rope-receiving surface with a plurality of raised ridges defining substantially helical channels between them. The channels provide guidance for rope along the rope-receiving surface ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7205036 | Anti-telescoping adhesive tape product An adhesive tape product comprises a length of adhesive tape mounted on a core with a reduced tendency to telescope. A layer of compressible foam is provided between the core and the body of tape wound on the core. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a sli... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7115316 | Anti-telescoping adhesive tape product An adhesive tape product comprises a length of adhesive tape mounted on a core with a reduced tendency to telescope. A layer of compressible foam is provided between the core and the body of tape wound on the core. Alternatively, the core is fabricated to have a sli... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6918560 | Winding apparatus and feeding apparatus A winding apparatus adaptable to longer films with minimum design changes in existing apparatus has a winding shaft 31 on which a reel member 50 capable of winding a given film at multiple stages can be mounted. The winding shaft 31 can be moved... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6866222 | Spool for a roll dispenser A spool for a roll dispenser having a hub, an empty sapce between the hub and the roll, and a flat plate attached to one of the sides of the hub. The roll has a triangular or rectangular core. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6783833 | Protector for sheet metal coils A protector for sheet metal coil is formed of plastic with a flange and sleeve which are joined together at a ridge portion. The protectors incorporate symmetrically disposed groupings of stacking features or components which include a finger within a stacking acces... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6616091 | Cable winding drum An automatic sliding door cable mechanism with a take up guide member (46) mounted in a drum (14) for taking up slack of a cable during installation of the cable. A second drum (16) has an elliptical profile drum helix (96) for increasing durability of th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6435480 | Winch and winch drum Rope-holding characteristics of a winch drum (2) are determined by a staggered array of pyramidal protuberances (12, 14, 17, 19) on its surface. The staggering is such that there is no true circular path round the drum within the array, and a rope wound o... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6422505 | Paper towel holder with means for facilitating its application and release A paper towel holder incorporating structure to facilitate the application and release of a roll of paper towels, including a holder, having a base plate, a pair of perpendicularly mounted end plates secured thereto, a compressible towel roller installs i... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6397955 | Apparatus for exploring the subsoil Apparatus for exploring the subsoil by means of a string of rods in which the bottom rod carries a tool, the rods being hinged to one another and being wound on a drum, which drum is moved in reciprocating rectilinear motion on a tower and is moved in rot... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6390411 | Cores formed by at least three segments having obiformal curved surfaces Core for winding self-adhesively coated materials in web form, wherein the outer contour of the core is formed by at least one substantially round, self-contained segment, the ends of which run together in an edge, with a) the round segment being shaped convex... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6383590 | Tear-along structure of a sheet material The present invention relates to a tear-along structure of a sheet material, comprising a polygonal core lining, a roll of membrane substrate of the sheet material, wrapped around the polygonal core lining, and a slit cut at least one edge of the roll cor... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6349893 | Retractable fiber slack storage device The fiber slack storage device of the present invention for storing a slack length of a fiber optic strand comprises a spool comprising a pair of diametrically-opposed cylindrical barrels, and a cylindrical housing for at least partially enclosing the spo... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6145780 | Portable device for dispensing cables An apparatus for dispensing electrical or nonelectrical cables, such as television coaxial cables, and a spool to be used together therewith. The apparatus includes a container having a cover for introducing and extracting a spool holding a cable coil and... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6065708 | Cord winder A cord winder for winding a cord comprises a first structure having a bottomed cylindrical shape and a second structure rotatably held in the first structure. The second structure includes a circular base portion, a center cylindrical stud raised on a cen... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6021971 | Winding head for wire coils In a coil winding machine, a unitary winding head is replaced by a winding head having a bobbin removably mounted on a mandrel. The bobbin has a cavity which receives a projecting portion of the mandrel in order to mount the bobbin on the mandrel. The bob... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5947451 | Marine winch drum The present invention comprises an improved marine winch drum having a plurality of grooves of a specific geometry formed in the spool of the drum to increase the holding power of the drum with respect to the line received thereon and to minimize damage t... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5863240 | Resilient lifter for wire coil blast cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an improved blast cleaning apparatus for cleaning coiled wire with abrasive cleaning material. A prior art apparatus for blast cleaning wires comprises an elongated boom provided with annular splitters for longitudinal sep... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5782676 | Resilient lifter for wire coil blast cleaning apparatus The present invention relates to an improved lifter for a blast cleaning apparatus for cleaning coiled wire with abrasive cleaning material. A prior art apparatus for blast cleaning wires comprises an elongated boom provided with annular splitters for lon... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5775632 | Mandrel for use with an apparatus for dispensing material from a roll In an apparatus for dispensing material from a roll having a frame and a shaft, improvements therein comprising a mandrel rotatably receivable upon the shaft and having an inner tapered lead, an outer tapered lead, and a raised contact portion for contact... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5722608 | Coreless roll of web material A coreless roll of web material is made by winding a web material around a mandrel. The mandrel has a plurality of radially extending projections at spaced intervals. The free end of the web material is then pressed against the mandrel by a pressure rolle... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5593140 | Winch having a housing with a smooth-surfaced central portion A winch comprising a substantially cylindrical housing, rotatably disposed around a central shaft, which housing comprises, at the top thereof, a flange and has a central portion of a diameter smaller than the diameter of the flange and the diameter of th... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5582098 | Cardboard collector and compactor A collection and compacting apparatus for cardboard refuse such as flat pieces of cardboard and broken down or collapsed cardboard boxes and a uniquely shaped coil of flexible lashing for use with the apparatus for bundling the cardboard refuse. The appar... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5548940 | Rolled vinyl siding A method for rolling a rigid vinyl siding elongated sheet of selective dimensions into a convenient transportable compact coil for easier handling and shipping, and products derived from practicing the method. The method includes rolling the sheet onto a ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5495997 | Support apparatus for coreless toilet tissue roll A support spindle apparatus is inserted into the central aperture of a coreless toilet tissue roll to support the coreless toilet tissue roll in a toilet tissue dispenser cabinet having side walls defining at least one elongated, generally vertically orie... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5484119 | Device for controlling length of paper pulled from a wound roll thereof An inexpensive unit for removable attachment to the spindle of a roll holder for a roll-type paper product such as toilet tissue or paper towelling. The unit is formed from a flexible plastics material and includes a center section having an arcuate bight... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5397073 | Seat belt retractor having a tightening effect In a seat belt retractor, cross-section of a reel shaft 4 is formed in octagonal cylinder, and each side of the octagon, i.e. outer peripheral surfaces 4b between corners 4a of the reel shaft 4 are formed in inwardly curved depression. Therefore, when a w... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5335428 | Roll up and drying device to be incorporated in a rust cleaning machine A roll up and drying device to be incorporated in a rust cleaning machine includes a main shaft on which a pair of spaced, identical circular plates are concentrically and fixedly mounted on the main shaft and a plurality of connecting ribs screw connecti... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5014927 | Webbing retractor When a tensile force of at least a predetermined value is applied to a webbing, a webbing retractor allows the webbing to extend over a length increased beyond that available from mere tightening of the webbing wound on a take-up spindle by the tensile fo... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4984751 | Spool for strip-form recording substrates, in particular for photographic films A spool for strip-form recording substrates, in particular for photographic films, with a slit arranged in the spool core and means arranged therein for fixing the strip end inserted into the slit, and with transitional surfaces which are rounded in the a... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4863115 | Tape test cassette A test cassette is provided for testing tape tensioning devices in tape recorders and players. The test cassette has a at least one of a supply reel and a takeup reel which has two circular arc portions of different radius. In a preferred embodiment, one ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4767081 | Conversion of motor vehicle wheels Means for converting a vehicle wheel into e.g. a windlass comprise a kit of elongate members (1) screw-threadedly engageable in the wheel hub (5) in place of the normal wheel retainers (6). To form a windlass an end plate (16) may be attached to the membe... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4688765 | Positive grip winch The present invention is an improved winch drum design which improves the gripping action of the drum on a rope by departing from the traditional belt-pulley theory. The winch drum has a series of depressions at spaced intervals around the circumference o... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4657202 | Tension take-up system for drums and the like A tension take-up system for cable support drums and the like features resilient tension absorbing rollers disposed laterally across the winding surface of the drum. The rollers are partially seated into recessed areas defined longitudinally across the wi... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4637568 | Mandrel for winding flexible metal catalyst core There is provided a mandrel for winding a thin metal catalyst support useful in an automobile catalytic converter said mandrel having a circular central cross section and bilaterally extending arms along a common axis, each arm having an oval cross sectio... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4561601 | Winding method and apparatus for multifilament fiber bundle A winding apparatus for multifilament fiber bundles wherein a plurality of fiber bundles are wound on a plurality of winders corresponding to each fiber bundle. A common waste yarn winder is provided independently from the winders, and the fiber bundles t... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4516737 | Storage reel with peripheral core relief A storage reel (10, 10') particularly adapted for winding bandoliered, axially leaded, tubular components thereon, such as capacitors (18), includes a core (12, 12') formed with a uniquely configured peripheral relief (32, 44, 46). The relief, in accordan... | 05/14/1985 |
